Criticising the lack of efforts by the Uttar Pradesh administration to curb rising number of rape cases, the National Commission for Women on Monday demanded the resignation of Uttar Pradesh Chief......

The diktat issued by the panchayatsof Bagpat in Uttar Pradesh -- banninglove marriages, use of mobile phones and entry of women under 40 in markets -- has been found bizarre by many. Other than the......

The World Bank said improved infrastructure, specifically rural electrification, has had far-ranging effects India has reduced its poverty rate to 12.4 per cent from the 2011-12 estimate of 21 per......